Carriage-door bumper.



Unies@ sziA'iss Pisis-sie es ARCHIVBALD D. METHVEN, OF DETROIT, MICGAN,ASSGNOIL TQ FISHER BGDY COMT PANY, OF DETRGIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATIONOF MICHIGAN.

CARRIAGE-DOOR EMER.

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Specification 0f Letters Patent Patent ed Sept, f2, i 913.

Application filed March 1'?, 1913. Serial 756.4730.

whereby means :are provided tei? quiet( :ift instmve* te eempensnte im?wem se tlml tite fleviee :always operative.

The invention Consists in the matters hereinafter sety feitl'i :intlpzntieulzu'ly [mintetl ont in the npgended Claims.

In the drawings, Figure. l is :i view in longitudinal section :if nbnn'ipei tlmt embeflies features of the invention; Fig. is :i `View inend elevntien tlieieet: Fig. il is :i view in emr-1R section thi-engl!e, elosme mul femme er jun'xli tht-refer sl Jwinf; llie ze plieation of(me form of the ilei'iee; :intl 4 is a similar View slmwinj :nmtlleimethod nf applying; the bumper.

efeiring' to the drawings, n suitable base, plate l. has :in nptiirnedfltinflje er iziee plate with :i guide aperture therein tln'engli 'which2L buffer block 3 ni' rubber 0i' Otliei' like elastic material nizw bemojeetetl. A thrust plate Li, to which the bleek is cemented orotherwise suitably secured zit. lits innei` enel, fides nem* ezieli enden screws 5 whose outer heads G are pi'efeiulily insli with the ueeplate 2 :ind whose, inner enil portions are jeux-nailed in suitableguide openings in a rear' fiange 7 oi the buse. The sei'ews may beslightly lieniletl over to retain tl'iein in the rear Bange ii' desired,the bmier block 3 and the thrusty bleek 4 Constitnting a buffer unit.lThe tin-list plate itself may be in seiewtlireiuled engagement withtlie members 5, 0i' preferably, nets 8 may be employed that beartlii'eitiff' zigfiinst elle beek et? the thrust plete auf? lewe :i leengagement with the screw.

The base maybe held on bei" 9 of a door '.rem'e cae mi; niemby snif,-

nble screws i@ i' t-lie liliein :aneli manner tlmt the linill'ei in tlieilisitl'i Of the step .ll or marginal pt-alien the elesnre er loer. A@the ln'eii'ei geleeii wears" ity mmf be moved ont farther inte themth/ef titel/elw sine by turning the sei'ews with :1 suitableiniplement, 0.1 :is iniliesitetl in Fig'. 4, the lmse muy be se appliedin sneli nninnei' to :t easing that, the bnife bloei: 3 nets not enly:is :i eiisliion lint, :i e :is n. fi'ietionei stop te the dem? l ivlieei'ing #minst the mn'z'nzil trim-"13 mi" the lutter.

i usines ef like elmi'aeter gue adjustment, is nim/ing the imiter in thepath e @newbie memntien.

in lie details ef een- 2 ile f-Jiiient departing jv invention and I demyself te eff pftitienlfi term er y. seni; of mi? Wind i elfiizn l.. ,"ximinpei' tffni'ng'nising :i effing, imi'- i'eilil-eek `eiifi'mmlle,lneifgli un opening in tl'ie easing, :i tlnnet filmt Carrying; thelmi'ei' lilfrel(1 und members in s rtmvtliieaded engage-nient with thetin-ust plate for seeming tlle plate :and betie? bleek in adjustedposition.

pieviiitn bleek intr Y et. the lippe ii-r zeni'i imlti liiimisliusti-wen in: liwm tite, f1.'

net ef '-5 lilou( extending frein tiie lii which it, is: seein-etttlireneii :i tl f H l^t ing 1n ie mee p a e.

3. The emnl'nnntien with :i (lem and a zfeeipifecaele in im opening;athrough the means having a head projecting through l the face plate ofthe base, whereby the buffer unit may be adjusted with respect to thebase from theoutside of the easing 15 forming the base.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARCHIBALD D. METHVEN. fitnesses r'ro F. BARTHEL, C. R. STICKNEY.

plate and adjustinlV means rotatable in the base in screwthrea edengagement with the face plate for Shifting the buffer.

5. A bumper, having in combination, a base comprising a casing With aface plate having an opening therein7 a buffer unit having a portionprojected through said opening, said .buffer unit adapted to act as acushioning member, and means journaled to rotate in the oase and inscrewethreaded engagement with the butler unit, the said I

